Benjamin scaeles



(No Model.)

B. SGARLES.

WIRE LOTH.

No. 355,561. i 'Patented Jan. 4, 1887.'

UNITED STATES vPATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN SCARLES, OF CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THEv CLINTON WIRE CLOTH COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WIRE-CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,561. dated January 4, 1887.

' Application filedAugust 11, 1884. Serial No. 140,21`4. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN SoARLEs, of Clinton, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new useful Improvement in Wire-Cloth, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specication,in whichcloth provided with a selvage formed as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, by which a more substantial and desirable article of this character is produced thanis now in ordinary use.

The nature of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation:

In the drawings, A represents the warp, and B theiilling wires of which the cloth is composed, these being of the ordinary construction and interwoven in the usual manner.

The selvage on the sides of the cloth is formed from the filling-wires, as shown at C in Fig. l, and that on the ends from the warp-wires, as shown at D in Fig. 2, either or both selvages being employed, as desired. f

The selvage is formed as follows: The filling-wires are cut so as to project beyond the outer warp-wire, m, a distance slightly greater than twice the distance between any two of the filling-wires. Filling-wirelis then bent at a right angle to its body, or so that its bent end willbe in parallelism with the warp-wire m,and is twisted or intertwined with the end ofthe filling-wire o, which precedes it, and which is also bent at right angles to form a cord, as shown at a. When the cord formed by the twisted wires o l reaches the lling-wire 2, the end of wireo is out off, as shown at x. The end of wire 2 is then bent down and the ends of wires 1 and2 twisted together until the cord reaches wire 3, when the end of wire 1 is cut off, as shown at i, and the end of wire3 is bent down and twisted with wire 2, and so on through the series. l

It will be obvious that a selvage formed in the manner described will be very strong and comparatively smooth, thus greatly increasing the durability of the cloth for many purposes and improving its appearance.

As the selvage D at the end of the cloth is formed from the warp-wires in substantially the same manner as described for the side of the cloth, it is not deemed essential to explain its construction more fully.

The ends of the wires may be cut off as they are twisted together, orv they may be left projecting, as shown at z, and cutoff after the cord is entirely formed.

By carrying the end of the wire o past the wire 1 to the point x, or causing the end of each wire to overlap each succeeding wire, as described, t-he cord or selvage is greatly strengthened. f

As I am aware that wire-cloth has. heretofore been provided with selvage, I do not herein claim the same, broadly. Neither do I claim, broadly, the forming 'of a selvage by twisting together several filling-strands into a continuous loose rope or twist upon the edge of a `basket of willow or similar material, sincein the present case the strands, being of wire,will retain their positions,and a less nu mber twisted tightly together will form a strong and dura-A ble selvage. t

What I claim isy An open-work wire-cloth fabric provided with a selvage consisting of a double-strand twist composed of the ends of wires which eX- teud through the fabric at an angle to said twist, the end of each wire extending along the edge of the fabric a distance eq'ual to the width of two openings in the' fabric, each end being twisted with the ends of the neXt adjacent wires on opposite sides of its own wire and cut oli' opposite the second wirein advance of its own, substantially as described.

y BENJAMIN scARLEs.

Witnesses:

C. M. DINsMoRE, F. I. JAQUITH. 

